Rising trend of symptomatic infections due to Hepatitis A virus infection in adolescent and adult age group: An observational study from a tertiary care liver institute in India
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Abstract
Background
Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) is the most common cause of Acute Viral Hepatitis (AVH) in children. It causes self-limiting illness and rarely acute liver failure. The shifting pattern in HAV endemicity is rendering adolescents and adults vulnerable to infection.
Methods
In this retrospective study, samples received from 14,807 patients with acute onset icteric illness from January 2014–December 2022 were analyzed. HAV infection was detected by anti-HAV IgM positivity. The cases were divided into 3 age groups, pediatric, adolescents and adults, and clinical presentations were compared.
Results
Overall, 7.72%(1144) were positive for anti-HAV IgM. Of these, 60%(690) were finally included in the study. The positive cases were divided into adults, ≥18 years (44%, 304); pediatric, <12 years (31%, 212) and adolescents (25%,174) age groups. Overall males were predominant [72.4%(500)], with a median age of 16 (IQR:9–21) years. Cases were characterised into AVH (68.1%, 470/690), Acute Liver Failure (ALF) (31.4%, 217/690) and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (0.43%, 3/690).
AVH in the pediatric age group was 69%(146/212), adolescents was 67%(117/174), and adults was 68%(207/304). ALF cases among the 3 groups were 30%(65/212), 33%(57/174), and 31%(95/304) respectively. Overall mortality was seen in 6.52%(45/690), maximum in adolescents with ALF presentation [10.3%(18/174)]. On molecular characterization of infection, viremia was seen in 28.9%(200/690) and all the isolates were Genotype IIIA.
Conclusions
The number of adults experiencing symptomatic HAV infection was seen to increase over the years in the present study. Infection in adolescents was associated with higher mortality and ALF as the clinical presentation.
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